Colleges that graduate the most social sciences majors

Largest social sciences programs

The 50 largest social sciences programs by bachelor's degrees awarded in 2023. Click a college for its social sciences page: share of campus, rank among its majors, gender split, and the admissions bar.

Most concentrated in social sciences

Where social sciences is the biggest part of campus: share of all graduates, among colleges awarding at least 50 degrees in the field.

How to get in for social sciences

What readers look for from applicants who declare this field, at any selectivity.

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Most selective colleges for social sciences

Lowest acceptance rates among colleges awarding at least 25 social sciences degrees.

Most accessible colleges for social sciences

Colleges admitting 60% or more of applicants that still award at least 50 social sciences degrees a year.

Social Sciences by state

States with the most social sciences graduates at tracked colleges.

Every college for social sciences

All 737 colleges awarding 10 or more bachelor's degrees in social sciences in 2023, alphabetically. Each link opens that college's social sciences page.

• Abilene Christian University 21
• Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College 16
• Adams State University 18
• Adelphi University 65
• Alabama A&M University 13
• Alabama State University 14
• Alabama-Huntsville 17
• Alaska Anchorage 34
• Albany State University 25
• Albertus Magnus College 10
• Albion College 31
• Albright College 23
• Alfred University 12
• Allegheny College 35
• Allen University 19
• Alma College 13
• American International College 14
• Amherst College 100
• Angelo State University 48
• Appalachian State University 188
• Aquinas College 13
• Arcadia University 35
• Arizona State University 741
• Arkansas State University 89
• Arkansas Tech University 37
• Ashland University 10
• Assumption University 43
• Auburn University 150
• Augsburg University 29
• Augusta University 31
• Augustana College 30
• Augustana University 22
• Aurora University 16
• Austin College 19
• Austin Peay State University 56
• Ave Maria University 15
• Azusa Pacific University 25
• Baldwin Wallace University 25
• Ball State University 75
• Bard College 121
• Barry University 20
• Baruch College 158
• Bates College 124
• Baylor University 253
• Bellarmine University 12
• Bellevue University 131
• Belmont Abbey College 14
• Belmont University 26
• Beloit College 31
• Bemidji State University 17
• Benedictine College 29
• Benedictine University 19
• Bentley University 13
• Berea College 24
• Berry College 20
• Bethel University (MN) 17
• Binghamton University 477
• Biola University 22
• Black Hills State University 17
• Boise State University 135
• Boston College 471
• Boston University 589
• Bowdoin College 151
• Bowie State University 34
• Bowling Green State University 51
• Bradley University 26
• Brandeis University 137
• Bridgewater College 20
• Bridgewater State University 85
• Brigham Young University 489
• Brooklyn College 90
• Brown University 454
• Bryant University 35
• Bryn Mawr College 82
• Bucknell University 184
• Buffalo State University 70
• Butler University 81
• Cal Poly Humboldt 114
• Cal Poly Pomona 483
• Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 245
• Cal State Chico 335
• Cal State Dominguez Hills 230
• Cal State East Bay 244
• Cal State Fullerton 547
• Cal State Long Beach 622
• Cal State Los Angeles 441
• Cal State Monterey Bay 83
• Cal State Northridge 728
• Cal State San Bernardino 424
• Cal State San Marcos 584
• Cal State Stanislaus 233
• Caldwell University 14
• California Baptist University 40
• California Lutheran University 65
• California University of PA 179
• Calvin University 17
• Campbell University 13
• Canisius University 20
• Capital University 25
• Carleton College 84
• Carnegie Mellon University 63
• Carroll College (MT) 10
• Carson-Newman University 13
• Carthage College 38
• Case Western Reserve University 105
• Catholic University 54
• Cedarville University 12
• Central Michigan University 79
• Central Missouri 40
• Central Oklahoma 89
• Central Washington University 167
• Centre College 83
• Chapman University 63
• Charleston Southern University 28
• Charleston University (WV) 13
• Chicago State University 10
• Christopher Newport University 140
• Claflin University 16
• Claremont McKenna College 150
• Clarion University 179
• Clark Atlanta University 21
• Clark University 79
• Clayton State University 19
• Clemson University 464
• Cleveland State University 152
• Coastal Carolina University 83
• Coe College 14
• Coker University 27
• Colby College 156
• Colgate University 263
• College of Charleston 176
• College of Idaho 12
• College of the Holy Cross 263
• College of the Ozarks 12
• College of Wooster 69
• Colorado College 168
• Colorado Mesa University 33
• Colorado State Pueblo 41
• Colorado State University 371
• Columbia College (MO) 12
• Columbia University 584
• Columbus State University 43
• Commonwealth U Bloomsburg 64
• Commonwealth U Lock Haven 64
• Commonwealth U Mansfield 64
• Concord University 15
• Concordia University Texas 14
• Connecticut College 102
• Coppin State University 13
• Cornell College 17
• Cornell University 297
• Creighton University 60
• CUNY Staten Island 120
• Dallas Baptist University 14
• Dartmouth College 348
• Davidson College 136
• Davis & Elkins College 12
• Delaware State University 43
• Denison University 109
• DePaul University 239
• DePauw University 53
• DeSales University 10
• Dickinson College 95
• Dillard University 13
• District of Columbia 29
• Dominican University (CA) 10
• Dominican University (NY) 31
• Drake University 42
• Drew University 64
• Drexel University 84
• Drury University 28
• Duke University 282
• Duquesne University 51
• East Carolina University 292
• East Stroudsburg University 30
• East Tennessee State University 52
• East Texas A&M University 10
• Eastern Connecticut State 71
• Eastern Illinois University 42
• Eastern Kentucky University 43
• Eastern Michigan University 120
• Eastern New Mexico University 30
• Eastern Oregon University 23
• Eastern Washington University 150
• Eckerd College 27
• Edinboro University 179
• Elizabethtown College 10
• Elmhurst University 24
• Elon University 86
• Embry-Riddle Prescott 50
• Emmanuel College (MA) 43
• Emory & Henry University 18
• Emory University 228
• Emporia State University 19
• Fairfield University 53
• Fairmont State University 45
• Fayetteville State University 64
• Fisk University 11
• Flagler College 74
• Florida A&M University 78
• Florida Atlantic University 254
• Florida Gulf Coast University 83
• Florida International University 662
• Florida Southern College 34
• Florida State University 1,320
• Fordham University 350
• Fort Hays State University 182
• Fort Lewis College 57
• Francis Marion University 29
• Franciscan University of Steubenville 21
• Franklin & Marshall College 76
• Franklin College 11
• Fresno Pacific University 20
• Fresno State University 642
• Frostburg State University 177
• Furman University 71
• Geneva College 12
• George Mason University 409
• George Washington University 736
• Georgetown College (KY) 13
• Georgetown University 760
• Georgia College 31
• Georgia Gwinnett College 28
• Georgia Southern University 239
• Georgia State University 395
• Georgia Tech 66
• Gettysburg College 150
• Gonzaga University 97
• Gordon College 16
• Governors State University 18
• Grambling State University 14
• Grand Canyon University 133
• Grand Valley State University 143
• Grinnell College 100
• Grove City College 28
• Guilford College 12
• Gustavus Adolphus College 53
• Hamilton College 141
• Hamline University 71
• Hampton University 22
• Hanover College 13
• Harding University 11
• Harris-Stowe State University 12
• Harvard University 598
• Hastings College 17
• Haverford College 75
• Hawaii Hilo 39
• Hendrix College 45
• High Point University 35
• Hillsdale College 70
• Hobart College 88
• Hofstra University 87
• Hood College 14
• Hope College 36
• Howard University 270
• Idaho State University 76
• Illinois College 15
• Illinois Springfield 24
• Illinois State University 199
• Illinois Wesleyan University 24
• Indiana State University 122
• Indiana U of Pennsylvania 178
• Indiana University 325
• Indiana University Indianapolis 90
• Iona University 22
• Iowa State University 100
• Ithaca College 36
• IU East 12
• IU Northwest 10
• IU Southeast 21
• Jackson State University 25
• Jacksonville State University 23
• Jacksonville University 32
• James Madison University 379
• John Carroll University 49
• Johns Hopkins University 127
• Johnson C. Smith University 22
• Juniata College 14
• Kalamazoo College 35
• Kansas State University 128
• Kean University 61
• Keene State College 27
• Keiser University 11
• Kennesaw State University 244
• Kent State University 135
• Kentucky State University 11
• Kenyon College 87
• Knox College 24
• Kutztown University 55
• La Salle University 24
• Lafayette College 180
• Lake Forest College 65
• Lamar University 42
• Lander University 55
• Lane College 11
• Lawrence University 40
• Lebanon Valley College 35
• Lee University 26
• Lehigh University 65
• Lenoir-Rhyne University 19
• Lewis & Clark College 88
• Liberty University 201
• Lincoln University (PA) 24
• Lindenwood University 36
• Linfield University 22
• Long Island University 19
• Longwood University 38
• Loras College 12
• Louisiana State University 415
• Louisiana Tech University 42
• Loyola Marymount University 247
• Loyola University Chicago 216
• Loyola University New Orleans 87
• Luther College 21
• Lycoming College 62
• Macalester College 98
• Marist University 41
• Marquette University 134
• Marshall University 36
• Maryville University 43
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10
• McDaniel College 29
• McKendree University 25
• McNeese State University 31
• Mercer University 46
• Mercy University 74
• Merrimack College 14
• Messiah University 17
• Metro State Denver 98
• Miami University (Ohio) 281
• Michigan State University 683
• Michigan Tech 15
• Middle Tennessee State University 166
• Middlebury College 225
• Midwestern State University 20
• Millersville University 91
• Millikin University 19
• Minnesota Duluth 107
• Minnesota State Mankato 66
• Minnesota State Moorhead 15
• Mississippi College 10
• Mississippi State University 125
• Missouri State University 193
• Missouri-St. Louis 143
• Monmouth University 40
• Montana State University 124
• Montclair State University 160
• Montevallo 20
• Moravian University 36
• Morehead State University 47
• Morehouse College 53
• Morgan State University 59
• Mount Holyoke College 77
• Muhlenberg College 44
• Murray State University 26
• NC State University 334
• Nebraska-Kearney 26
• New Mexico State University 74
• New York University 1,069
• Nicholls State University 24
• Norfolk State University 72
• North Carolina A&T State University 75
• North Carolina Central University 155
• North Central College 38
• North Dakota State University 45
• North Georgia 119
• Northeastern University 405
• Northern Arizona University 309
• Northern Illinois University 123
• Northern Kentucky University 56
• Northern Michigan University 63
• Northwest Missouri State 32
• Northwestern University 340
• Norwich University 54
• Nova Southeastern University 21
• Oakland University 83
• Oberlin College 80
• Occidental College 92
• Ohio Dominican University 14
• Ohio State University 883
• Ohio University 163
• Ohio Wesleyan University 28
• Oklahoma Baptist University 17
• Oklahoma State University 110
• Oklahoma Wesleyan University 11
• Old Dominion University 291
• Olivet Nazarene University 17
• Oral Roberts University 18
• Oregon State University 319
• Otterbein University 24
• Pace University 104
• Pacific Lutheran University 46
• Park University 30
• Parkside University (WI) 33
• Patrick Henry College 25
• Penn State University 739
• Pepperdine University 91
• Pitt-Johnstown 18
• Pittsburg State University 17
• Plymouth State University 13
• Point Loma Nazarene University 25
• Pomona College 81
• Portland State University 436
• Prairie View A&M University 31
• Presbyterian College 22
• Princeton University 258
• Providence College 117
• Purdue Northwest 16
• Purdue University 468
• Purdue University Fort Wayne 30
• Queens College (NY) 413
• Queens University of Charlotte 18
• Quinnipiac University 65
• Radford University 62
• Ramapo College 103
• Randolph-Macon College 45
• Regent University 10
• Regis University 12
• Rhode Island College 37
• Rhodes College 84
• Rice University 88
• Rider University 19
• Ripon College 13
• Roanoke College 37
• Robert Morris University 13
• Rochester Institute of Technology 20
• Roger Williams University 37
• Rogers State University 41
• Rollins College 73
• Rowan University 123
• Rutgers University 541
• Rutgers-Camden 42
• Rutgers-Newark 82
• Sacramento State University 691
• Sacred Heart University 50
• Saginaw Valley State University 20
• Saint Anselm College 72
• Saint Joseph's University 50
• Saint Leo University 35
• Saint Louis University 56
• Saint Martin's University 12
• Saint Mary University (KS) 12
• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College 14
• Saint Mary's College of California 57
• Saint Michael's College 27
• Saint Xavier University 14
• Salisbury University 56
• Salve Regina University 17
• Sam Houston State University 85
• Samford University 20
• San Diego State University 662
• San Francisco State University 352
• San Jose State University 386
• Santa Clara University 143
• Savannah State University 22
• Science and Arts of Oklahoma 14
• Seattle Pacific University 47
• Seattle University 37
• Seton Hall University 145
• Sewanee - University of the South 92
• Shawnee State University 17
• Shepherd University 25
• Shippensburg University 34
• Skidmore College 98
• Slippery Rock University 80
• Smith College 97
• South Dakota State University 64
• Southeast Missouri State University 41
• Southeastern Louisiana University 19
• Southern Connecticut State 83
• Southern Illinois University 102
• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 50
• Southern Methodist University 246
• Southern New Hampshire University 543
• Southern Oregon University 35
• Southern University 39
• Southern Utah University 64
• Southern Wesleyan University 10
• Spring Hill College 12
• St. Ambrose University 10
• St. Bonaventure University 24
• St. Cloud State University 35
• St. Edward's University 40
• St. John Fisher University 37
• St. John's University 81
• St. Lawrence University 135
• St. Mary's College of Maryland 75
• St. Mary's University (TX) 60
• St. Norbert College 33
• St. Olaf College 108
• St. Thomas Aquinas College 21
• Stanford University 287
• Stephen F. Austin State University 38
• Stetson University 66
• Stockton University 48
• Stonehill College 76
• Stony Brook University 373
• Suffolk University 100
• SUNY Brockport 42
• SUNY Fredonia 15
• SUNY Geneseo 135
• SUNY New Paltz 148
• SUNY Oneonta 59
• SUNY Oswego 43
• SUNY Plattsburgh 25
• SUNY Potsdam 26
• Susquehanna University 30
• Swarthmore College 103
• Syracuse University 454
• TAMU San Antonio 161
• TAMU Texarkana 11
• Tarleton State University 30
• Taylor University 19
• Temple University 221
• Tennessee State University 37
• Tennessee Tech University 76
• Texas A&M International 48
• Texas A&M Kingsville 33
• Texas A&M University 874
• Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 16
• Texas Christian University 221
• Texas Southern University 27
• Texas State University 314
• Texas Tech University 294
• Texas Wesleyan University 16
• Texas Woman's University 62
• The Citadel 38
• The College of New Jersey 88
• Tougaloo College 21
• Towson University 361
• Trinity College 196
• Trinity University (TX) 72
• Troy University 78
• Truman State University 46
• Tufts University 338
• Tulane University 295
• Tuskegee University 12
• U of Indianapolis 13
• U.S. Air Force Academy 102
• U.S. Military Academy 240
• U.S. Naval Academy 199
• UC Colorado Springs 135
• UC Davis 1,055
• UC Irvine 1,313
• UC Riverside 922
• UC San Diego 842
• UC Santa Barbara 1,713
• UC Santa Cruz 475
• UCLA 2,336
• UM Dearborn 115
• UMass Lowell 49
• UNC Charlotte 342
• UNC Greensboro 186
• UNC Pembroke 117
• UNC Wilmington 189
• Union College 105
• Union University (TN) 13
• University at Albany 409
• University at Buffalo 599
• University of Akron 71
• University of Alabama 595
• University of Alabama at Birmingham 81
• University of Arizona 368
• University of Arkansas 207
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock 51
• University of California, Berkeley 1,520
• University of Central Arkansas 73
• University of Central Florida 697
• University of Chicago 724
• University of Cincinnati 181
• University of Colorado 597
• University of Connecticut 693
• University of Dayton 53
• University of Delaware 321
• University of Denver 203
• University of Detroit Mercy 10
• University of Evansville 15
• University of Florida 935
• University of Georgia 611
• University of Hawaiʻi 235
• University of Houston 421
• University of Idaho 137
• University of Illinois 602
• University of Iowa 323
• University of Kansas 171
• University of Kentucky 173
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette 51
• University of Louisiana at Monroe 18
• University of Louisville 153
• University of Maine 103
• University of Maryland 934
• University of Maryland Baltimore County 220
• University of Maryland Eastern Shore 11
• University of Massachusetts Amherst 660
• University of Memphis 100
• University of Miami 278
• University of Michigan 1,047
• University of Minnesota 617
• University of Mississippi 147
• University of Missouri 426
• University of Missouri-Kansas City 107
• University of Montana 116
• University of Nebraska 173
• University of Nebraska Omaha 58
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas 269
• University of Nevada, Reno 164
• University of New Hampshire 144
• University of New Mexico 178
• University of New Orleans 36
• University of North Alabama 50
• University of North Carolina 746
• University of North Dakota 49
• University of North Florida 130
• University of North Texas 253
• University of Northern Colorado 62
• University of Northern Iowa 84
• University of Notre Dame 330
• University of Oklahoma 283
• University of Oregon 746
• University of Pennsylvania 358
• University of Pittsburgh 374
• University of Portland 33
• University of Rhode Island 219
• University of Richmond 79
• University of Rochester 158
• University of San Diego 139
• University of San Francisco 137
• University of Scranton 21
• University of South Alabama 36
• University of South Carolina 353
• University of South Dakota 45
• University of South Florida 1,152
• University of Southern California 549
• University of Southern Indiana 46
• University of Southern Mississippi 55
• University of St. Thomas 84
• University of Tampa 209
• University of Tennessee 416
• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 89
• University of Texas at Arlington 124
• University of Texas at Austin 922
• University of Texas at El Paso 91
• University of Texas at San Antonio 239
• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 176
• University of the Incarnate Word 12
• University of the Pacific 37
• University of Toledo 44
• University of Tulsa 23
• University of Utah 721
• University of Vermont 221
• University of Virginia 549
• University of Washington 883
• University of Wisconsin 796
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 25
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 124
• University of Wyoming 88
• Upper Iowa University 54
• Ursinus College 54
• USC Aiken 27
• USC Beaufort 39
• USC Upstate 26
• UT Martin 18
• UT Permian Basin 65
• UT Tyler 25
• Utah State University 446
• Utah Valley University 131
• UVA Wise 53
• UW-Eau Claire 77
• UW-Green Bay 25
• UW-La Crosse 104
• UW-Oshkosh 45
• UW-Platteville 15
• UW-River Falls 55
• UW-Stevens Point 55
• UW-Stout 35
• UW-Whitewater 110
• Valdosta State University 43
• Valparaiso University 33
• Vanderbilt University 613
• Vanguard University 13
• Vassar College 126
• Villanova University 196
• Virginia Commonwealth University 241
• Virginia Military Institute 101
• Virginia State University 45
• Virginia Tech 602
• Virginia Union University 20
• Wabash College 22
• Wagner College 21
• Wake Forest University 283
• Washburn University 30
• Washington & Jefferson College 17
• Washington and Lee University 67
• Washington College 51
• Washington State University 606
• Washington University in St. Louis 237
• Wayne State University (MI) 164
• Weber State University 65
• Wellesley College 147
• Wesleyan University 205
• West Chester University 65
• West Florida 78
• West Texas A&M 12
• West Virginia University 286
• Western Carolina University 74
• Western Colorado University 17
• Western Illinois University 46
• Western Kentucky University 192
• Western Michigan University 71
• Western Oregon University 30
• Western Washington University 310
• Westminster University (UT) 15
• Westmont College 21
• Wheaton College (IL) 84
• Wheaton College (MA) 38
• Whitman College 76
• Whitworth University 61
• Wichita State University 40
• Widener University 11
• Willamette University 70
• William & Mary 338
• William Paterson University 94
• William Penn University 17
• Williams College 109
• Wilmington University (DE) 112
• Wingate University 14
• Winona State University 22
• Winston-Salem State University 42
• Winthrop University 53
• Wittenberg University 29
• Wofford College 59
• Wright State University 62
• Xavier University 64
• Xavier University of Louisiana 30
• Yale University 382
• York College (PA) 11
• Youngstown State University 56

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